CAP BOATING

Funding Programme: 
Other
Sea Basin(s): 
West Mediterranean
Countries: 
Spain
Status: 
Completed
Completion Year: 
2020
Practices: 
Managing the environmental sustainability of nautical tourism in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas
Website/Source: 

https://www.ecounion.eu/en/portfolio/cap-boating/

Project Implementation Period: 
June 2019 - June 2020
Specific Funding Programme: 

In the framework of the MedPAN Small Project funded by:

  • French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM);
  • Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.
Budget: 

€ 24,000

About the Project: 

The project aims at providing recommendations to integrate the Ecosystem-Based Approach (EBA) to recreational boating planning/management at Cap de Creus Natural Park based on Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and developing guidelines for Marine Protected Areas of MedPan Network.

Activities:

  1. Diagnosis of conflicts, pressures and regulation on Cap de Creus Natural Park.
  2. Benchmark of strategies for sustainable recreation boating planning/management in MedPan Network.
  3. One webinar with local stakeholders in Cap de Creus.
  4. Define strategies to integrate EBA for recreational tourism for Cap de Creus: Technical Report (in Spanish) + Executive Summary (in English).
  5. Guidelines for sustainable recreation boating management in MPAs (in English).

Outcome: 

The results of this project have been published in two reports:

  • Boating Guidelines: Managing the environmental sustainability of nautical tourism in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas.
  • Technical report (in Spanish): Conflictos, impactos ambientales y ordenación espacial marítima de la náutica recreativa en el Parque Natural de Cap de Creus.

 

Project partners: 

  • Eco-union (ES), project leader.